Widener University Commonwealth Law School is presenting a free program entitled Veterans Courts in Pennsylvania: Ensuring Success for the Veterans on September 28, 2018 from 9:00 Am-1:00 PM. The program will be held at Widener Law Commonwealth, 3737 Vartan Way, Admin Building, Room A180, Harrisburg, PA 17110.

Schedule of Events:

• 9:00 -9:30    Welcome – Dean Christian A. Johnson, Widener University Commonwealth Law School
  Welcoming Remarks – The Honorable Michael J. Stack, III, Lieutenant Governor, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
  
  Remarks – Angela Lowry – Problem Solving Courts Coordinator, Administrative Offices of Pennsylvania Courts
  
  Remarks - Major General Anthony J. Carrelli, Adjutant General of Pennsylvania
   
• 9:30-10:30    Panel – The Role of Veteran Court Alumni Groups and Mentors in Veterans Courts
  Introduction of Panel – Dean Christian A. Johnson
  Moderator – The Honorable Craig T. Trebilcock, Judge, York County Court of Common Pleas 
  
  Veterans Court Judge – Judge Dugan
  The Role of Veteran Court Alumni Groups – Sarah Primak, LCSW, Lebanon VA Medical Center
  Role of Mentors - Mentors
  Keith Brown, Veteran
   
• 10:30-11:30    Panel – Veterans in the Courts:  Alternative Solutions
  Introduction of Panel – Dean Christian A. Johnson
  
  Moderators – Angela Lowry, Problem Solving Courts Coordinator, Administrative Offices of Pennsylvania Courts, and Andrew M. Simpson, Judicial Programs Analyst, Veterans Courts, Administrative Offices of Pennsylvania Courts
  
  Judge Joseph Sklarosky, Jr., Luzerne County
  Kelly Cesari, Treatment Court Coordinator, Luzerne County
   
• 11:30 – 1:00    Lunch with Keynote Speaker – The Call to Action for Veterans Courts
  Introduction – Christian A. Johnson
  Tim Wynn, Veteran
  Melissa Fitzgerald – Senior Director, Justice for Vets (NADCP), actor in West Wing television series and other productions, Co-Founder of Voices in Harmony
  Justice James Fitzgerald - Senior Judge, Superior Court of Pennsylvania; Justice of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court (2007-2008)
   
• 1:00    Thank You and Adjourn – Dean Christian A. Johnson

Note to attendees: This event may be recorded and rebroadcast by members of the news media.

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